"It is well known that none of the German nations inhabit cities; or even admit of contiguous settlements. They dwell …"

"For five successive days from that day, Caesar drew out his forces before the camp, and put them in battle order, tha…"

"The whole of the shores of this sea [the Northern Ocean] as far as the Scaldis, a river of Germany, is inhabited by n…"

"In the Rhine itself, nearly 100 miles in length, is the most famous island of the Batavi and the Canninefates, as als…"

"Germany is separated from Gaul, Rhaetia, and Pannonia by the rivers Rhine and Danube; from Sarmatia and Dacia by moun…"

"The people of Germany appear to me indigenous, and free from intermixture with foreigners, either as settlers or casu…"

"The land, though varied to a considerable extent in its aspect, is yet universally shagged with forests, or deformed …"

"In the election of kings they have regard to birth; in that of generals, to valor. Their kings have not an absolute o…"

"No people are more addicted to divination by omens and lots. The latter is performed in the following simple manner. …"

"The Garonne separates the Gauls from the Aquitani; the Marne and the Seine separate them from the Belgae. Of all thes…"